Josh Gay
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Now look, if this were true, if this were something that was scientifically proven, it would be revolutionary.
You could eat differently to cure mental illness.
And these are conditions that impact millions of people.
I want to say it's something like 1 in 300 people are diagnosed with schizophrenia.
But it's very important for me to note, schizophrenia is an extremely damaging mental illness that needs treatment.
It needs consistent treatment.
It needs immediate treatment.
Not eating more protein.
Not watching your carbs.
We know that self-harm amongst people with schizophrenia is far greater than the general population.
So it's dangerous for someone like RFK to stand up there and promote this keto diet as something that can cure illness.
It's absolutely irresponsible.
And let's talk about this keto diet.
Let's talk a little bit about the science or lack thereof with keto diets.
First of all, if you look on Facebook or talk to your friends, there are things that can help from keto diets.
You're going to notice an immediate drop in weight.
This is a quick way to lose weight.
And one of the reasons to me is that these are people, the people that are starting a keto diet are people who haven't paid attention to what they're eating before at all.
So any fad diet, anything that makes them think differently about what they're eating can be beneficial in the short term.
But we've seen that these keto diets are telling you to load up on red meat, load up on processed meat, saturated fats, and then restricting vegetables, fruits, whole grains.